Cinema Today

Switch on any television channel and see one of the "k" serials- chances r high that you stumble on a story of a couple getting divorced because the 2 of them are in love with someone else.

Check out some of the latest blockbusters in the hindi cinema genre- Murder, KANK- the storyline boasts of unhappy couples seeking love outside marriage.


Dont get me wrong am not part of the Moral Police Brigade- but I wonder what are our film and serial makers upto- Man-woman relationships have been and remain the most interesting topic for fiction, storytelling and cinema -agreed...But is there any reason to either justify or condemn relationships that do not fit the commonly accepted moulds- say a extramarital affair, a homosexual relationship, a live -in relationship etc etc.....

All of the above happen due to personal choice and there is nothing right or wrong about them- yet our filmmakers insist on putting a solution with someone being "right" and someone being "wrong". Why is getting married -right and getting divorced wrong? Why is being heterosexual right and homosexual wrong? I wonder when, where , how these things were decided.

Gay and lesbian relationships are always portrayed in a comic manner in Hindi Cinema, else there is a explanation given for such behaviour- reasons like abused in childhood hence turning lesbian.

Except for " monsoon weddings" am yet to see a movie dealing with the sensitive and serious topic of child abuse.

Except for "darmiyan" am yet to see a movie on the life and pains of eunuchs.

Show me one movie wherein rape is not shown either in a titilating manner or in a manner designed to make the audience sympathise with the victim- Can someone atleast make one movie wherein a rape victim is shown to bring her life back on tracks without weeping .

Cinema is the mirror of a society it is said-well if that is true then what does it say about ours- the primary task of all people here is to get married and hold elaborate functions for the same???